The Nursing Process is defined as a technological instrument or a methodological model for nursing professional care. The evolution of the concept is described, as the Nursing Process moved forward, from the initial emphasis in the identification and resolution of problems, to the effort of identification and classification of nursing diagnoses and, more currently, to the specification and clinical testing of the patient's results that are sensible to the nursing interventions. Finally, examples of studies that link the elements of the professional practice, inherent to the Nursing Process (nursing diagnoses, interventions and outcomes), to the scientific research presented.
Nursing; Nursing Process; Professional practice